It is October 11th, 1997. Bill Clinton is in the White House. Ryutaro Hashimoto is the Prime Minister of Japan. The Florida Marlins win the pennant. The Yakult Swallows take the Japan Series. Forty-seven thousand in the Tokyo Dome for the momentous occasion of the first ever Pride Fighting Championships event. Bas Rutten and Stephen “The Fight Professor…
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